Golf-ball holder



July 23, 1929. DxFREDETTE 1,722,134

GOLF BALL HOLDER Filed May 18,' 1928 JIWA/ 2 122 .027];

ATTORNEY INVENTOR Patented July 23, 1929.

.UNITED SA'S meant earner FRANK I). FREDETTE, OF BROOKLY N, NEW YORK.

GOLF-BALL HOLDER.

Application filed May 13,

balls in stack formation, and by which the same may besuccessivelydispensed by the manual actuation of a turnable knob.

Another object is the provision of an attachment for golf bags whichincludes a holder closed at one end by an openable cover, while acarrier is vertically slidable within the holder and on which the ballsare supported in stack formation, the carrier being movable by themanual actuation of a rotatable screw, which lifts the stack of ballsvertically to a position where the uppermost ball may be convenientlyremoved after the opening of the cover.

Wit-h these and other objects in View, the invention resides incertainnovel construction and combination and arrangement of parts, theessential features of which are here" inafter fully described, areparticularly pointed out in the appended claims, and are illustrated inthe accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a perspective View of agolf bag with my improved golf ball holder mounted thereon.

Figure 2 is an enlarged side elevation of the golf ball holder.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary top plan view of a golf bag equipped with mygolf ball holder.

Figure 4: is an enlarged fragmentary vertical sectional view on the line41- 1 of Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a horizontal sectional view on p the line 5-5 of Figure 4.

Figure 6 is a detail perspective view of the top of the holder with thecover in an open position and with the manipulating knob removed.

Figure 7 is a detail perspective view of the carrier member per se.

Referring to the drawings by reference characters, the numeral 10designates a golf bag of any well-known construction in which in stackformation, one upon the other.

1928. Serial No. 278,819.

the golf sticks of a golfer are carried, and within which my improvedgolf ball holder 11 is securely mountedto the side wall by fasteningmeans 12. The top of the holderv is flush with the open top of the golfbag, while a strap 13 bridging the open end of the bag serves to keepthe iron golf sticks from the wood golf sticks, the wood sticks beingcarried on that side of the strap on which the holder is disposed.

The golf ball holder 11 comprises an elongated casing 14 closed at itsbottom end and open at its top, while the interior of the casing 1sformed to provide a ball compartment 15 and an offset tubular portion16, communicating with the ball compartment, through a slot 17. .Thecross sectional diameter of the ball compartment is such as tofreely'receive a standard size golf ball.

The open end of the casing is closed by an openable hinged cover 18,held in a closed locked position by a headed stud 19 turnably mounted inthe top of the casing. The cover has slot 20 therein for the passage ofthe head of the stud, when the stud is aligned therewith, after whichthe stud is turned to dispose the head at right angle to the slot tolock the cover against accidental swinging movement.

Journalled in the opposed end walls of the offset portion 16 is arotatable screw 21, one end of which'extends beyond the top of thecasing to fixedly receive a manipulating knob 22. The top of the casingsurrounding the screw shaft is provided with a boss having ratchet teeth23 thereon for ooaction with teeth 24: on the underside of themanipulating head. The screw shaft is mounted for a slightlongitudinalmovement to allow the teeth on the manipulating head to rideover the ratchet teeth 23 upon turning of the shaft in a clockwisedirection, and for facilitating counterclockwise turning by the operatorlifting up on the shaft and turning the 1 same. The ratchet teeth serveto lock the shaft in a set position against accidental turning in onedirection.

Movable longitudinally within the casing is a carrier member 25including a disk portion 26 disposed within the ball compartment 15 andhaving a concave seat27 for the lowermost of a plurality of golf balls28 arrangelg head 29 is formed integral with a reduced neck 30 extendingfrom the disk 26 and is disposed for sliding movement in the tubularportion 16, while the reduced neck is slidable between the walls of theslot 17 which guides the carrier member in its vertical movements andserves to prevent any turning movement of the member within the casing.The head is provided with a threaded opening 31 which co-acts with thescrew shaft 21, whereby turning of the shaft will impart slidingmovement tothe carrier member.

In practice, a supply of golf balls 28 are placed within the ballcompartment 15 in stack formation, it being understood that the cover 18is in an open position. When a player wishes to remove one or more ofthe golf balls, he opens the cover and proceeds to turn the knob 22 in acounterclockwise direction, tion imparts a vertical slidingmovement tothe carrier member 25, which lifts the stack of balls until theuppermost ball is disposed above the top of the casin whereupon it maybe removed by the hand of an operator. The weight of the carrier memberand balls might tend to cause the carrier member to drop when themanipulating head is released by an operator, but this is prevented bythe ratchet mechanism hereinbefore mentioned. The

' next uppermost ball may be dispensed upon The screw shaft 21 duringrotafrom the spirit of my invention, and I there fore do not limitmyself to the exact details of construction herein set forth nor toanything less than the wliole of my invention limited only by theappended claims.

What is claimed as new is 1. A golf ball holder comprising a casing openat one end and adapted to contain a supply of golf balls, and manuallyoperated means operable from the top of said casing for lifting thesupply of golf balls toward the open end thereof, said manually operatedmeans including a member slidable within said casing, and a rotatablescrew shaft to which said member is threadedly connected, and co-actingratchet teeth between said rotatable screw shaft and the top of saidcasing for locking said screw shaft against accidental turning movementin one direction.

2.-A golf ball holder comprising a casing having a golf ball compartmenttherein,

an openable door at one end of said compartment, a screw shaftjournalled in said casing, and extending beyond the top thereof, amanipulating head on the extending end of said screw shaft, and acarrier member slidable within said ball compartment and threadedlymounted on said screw shaft, and means for locking said screw shaftagainst accidental turning movement in one direction, said meansincluding coacting ratchet teeth between said manipulating head and thetop of said casing.

In-testimony whereof I have affixed my signature.

FRANK D. FREDETHE.

